La Playa

Once in a while Rosalie craves a margarita on the beach (at least once a day.) So, we decided to go into town regardless of the state of the pandemic. (There are no active cases in our area.)

We are having a hard time trying to get cushions for our loungers so we went to a local store and were able to order some. The problem is, we have no idea what we’ll get. Anyway they will be here on Monday so we’ll soon find out.

On the way into town we ran into a typical Melaque traffic jam. Some guy stopped to deliver water while a car on the opposite side of the road decides to double park. As you can see by the video, it was chaos for a while.

After this tiring task, we had to go to the beach to Restaurante Bugambilia to recuperate and have lunch and a margarita. The beach as usual was mostly deserted. Tony our waiter knows us well enough by now that as soon as we walk in he’s off inside to open a bottle of tequila and to cool the glasses.

As I said, the beach was mostly deserted; however there is always the evil aggressive beach vendors. (Not really.) They are relentless and are lurking everywhere. They pretty well know us by now and mostly leave us alone. Some though still try to sell us stuff and a few really are persistent. We don’t mind as we feel a bit sorry for them. The playa at this time of year is usually packed with people but having no tourists they have to rely on the Mexicans that come in on the weekends.

First we were attacked by Christiana. She and Rosalie seem to get along quite well but we still ended up with a shark shaped bottle opener that we didn’t need but will regift to someone. Rosalie’s excuse that we only have one item to open beers with. I remarked “what’s wrong with our teeth.” but that was ignored.

Next, came a kid of about five years old, obviously learning the trade. As soon as Rosalie showed interest he rushed to the beach and called for his Mama to assist him. “Mama I’ve found another sucker” but in Spanish.

Click on the image to see a short video

We are now the proud owners of a personal fan shaped like a lady bug with a light-up mirror. Also a fridge magnet of a very broken cow. Oh! and some expensive nutty candy as well as the bottle opener. At least it’s a lot of fun.

Buying stuff we don’t need might sound a bit weird but the beach people are suffering right now. They call this ‘charity with dignity’. They can be helped without feeling the embarrassment of a hand out.